Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Bianca Belair, Asuka and Alexa Bliss. Bianca says things are settled between her and Nikki Cross for now, but she is not done with Bayley yet. Alexa says they have been with Bianca at the start and that they will see this to the end, then challenges Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky) to a women's tag title match against her and Asuka. Alexa says they have been with Bianca at the start and that they will see this to the end, then challenges Damage CTRL to a women's tag title match against her and Asuka. Asuka says Damage CTRL are not ready for her and Alexa.
Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar are interviewed in separate rooms, but Lesnar is not here yet. Lashley says Lesnar has ducked him for over twenty years and that he will expose Lesnar when he faces and beats him just like he has exposed him before. After Lashley says he will expose Lesnar as "a Bobby Lashley wanna-be," Brock Lesnar shows up and heads to the ring. Lesnar says he did not come to Texas to have a sit-down interview with Lashley and that he came to Texas to fight. Lashley leaves the room as Lesnar tells him he did not get the memo and could not read it even if he did before calling him out, and Lashley heads to the ring from the stage. Both men brawl as officials quickly move in. Members of the locker room, security and even Triple H are seen breaking the brawl up, and even Von Wagner is there. Triple H threatens to call their match off if they continue to get physical, but neither man seems to listen. Triple H then passes this message down to Lesnar and Lashley through one of the referees.
Seth "Freakin'" Rollins beats Austin Theory after countering a Pedigree and hitting The Stomp.
Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman make their way arrive at the arena.
Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman head to the ring. After saying that he has the rest of the Bloodline working on being a little more "Ucey," Roman says he has been hyping opponents and smashing them for over two years, then says he is the greatest of all time. Roman says that Logan Paul has only had two matches and that there is no way he will hype up a match with "an outsider" like him, but Paul Heyman will. He then hands Heyman the microphone. Heyman mentions the steel screws inserted into the hand that Logan Paul intends to throw a lucky punch with and that Logan Paul has been training with Shawn Michaels, then says Roman Reigns will smash Logan Paul at Crown Jewel. Heyman goes on to say that an outsider is something not tolerated on the island of relevancy when The Miz suddenly shows up. Miz acknowledges Roman Reigns as his tribal chief, then says nobody knows Logan Paul better than he does, as he brought him into WWE and taught him everything he knows, and says that Logan Paul's knockout punch is real. He apologizes to not giving his assistance more quickly due to his out-of-ring work and having to deal with Dexter Lumis, then says he and Roman can help each other as he knows Logan's strengths and weaknesses. Miz then proposes that if Roman helps him with Dexter Lumis, then he will help Roman with Logan Paul. Roman sees what is going on here, then asks Miz why everyone keeps talking Logan Paul knocking him out. As Miz tries to formulate an answer, Roman hits him with a Superman Punch, then Roman says everyone should be talking about him knocking Logan Paul out and forcing everyone to acknowledge him.
Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews The Miz in the trainer's room as The Miz ices his left check, and tells him that Johnny Gargano's tell-all interview about what is going on with Miz and Dexter Lumis airs later tonight. Miz says he is trying to cancel his match with Mustafa Ali, then says that a story should not be aired unless it is checked and verified by multiple sources. He also threatens to sue WWE for defamation if the story airs and that it will put Johnny Deep and Amber Heard to shame. Mustafa Ali shows up and says it is a shame Miz is tried to get their match cancelled when everything is bigger in Texas except for Miz's "tiny balls." Miz threatens to beat down Mustafa Ali with a broken jaw.
Karl Anderson beats Damien Priest after countering the Reckoning with a backslide pin despite the distraction from Rhea Ripley. After the match, The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio, Priest) and The O.C. ("The Phenomenal" AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Anderson) brawl, and Rhea Ripley hits Luke Gallows with a low blow before daring AJ Styles and Karl Anderson to fight her. This allows The Judgment Day to lay out The O.C. Priest hits Styles with the Razor's Edge, then Finn Balor hits Anderson with the Coup de Grace. Dominik then goes up top to hit Styles with a splash.
Backstage, we hear from MVP and Omos. MVP brings up Braun Strowman saying there is no monster who can beat him, but MVP says that Strowman can do all he wants, but he will never beat Omos. He then says that he is coming to SmackDown and that he has a little surprise for Strowman.
JBL heads to the ring. JBL says he is glad to be back home in Texas and that "the colonies joined Texas and the United States with Texas in the center" in 1845 and namedrops Texan sports legends and that Texas was legendary until "snowflakes came and ruined it." He says that "millennials and Gen Z-ers" turned Texas into an embarrassment, especially with Halloween, and tells both generations should not be allowed to call themselves Texans and that they disgust him. JBL then says that despite that, he will introduce greatness to the state and introduce Baron Corbin as the man who will save wrestling, which he does. Baron Corbin says it makes everyone's night to be in front of "a modern day wrestling god" and that he has it all while the fans have "very little," then thanks the fans for "scraping their last few dollars" to see him tonight. He says it may not have been easy and that the fans had to work a few hours just to show how truly they love him, then says the fans are booing him to feel cool in front of their friends, then R-Truth shows up as Corbin says "The truth is..." R-Truth shows up dressed like a cowboy riding a horse stool, then JBL asks R-Truth what he is doing before saying he looks ridiculous. R-Truth says he is here to wish Dallas, Texas a happy Halloween as well as to tell JBL and Corbin that he really likes their costumes. JBL says he and Corbin are not wearing costumes, but R-Truth is convinced they are dressed like "a mean, hostile, steaming mad, angry, angry, angry, out of touch old man" and "the world's biggest" something before Corbin goes for a cheap shot only to be overpowered. JBL then distracts R-Truth, and Corbin attacks R-Truth from behind before hitting him with the End of Days.
Backstage, Damage CTRL is seen near Nikki Cross, and Bayley is seen talking to Nikki.
Before the next match, Chad Gable says he would have dressed like any other genius, but the "Dallas Dimwits" would not have gotten it, then says Halloween is his favorite holiday and that he is dressed as Patrick Swayze as Chip and that Otis is dressed as Dale. Otis shows up, then he and Gable dress up and pretend to be Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley as Chippendale dancers on Saturday Night Live, complete with appropriate music. (Meanwhile, Matt Riddle is dressed as Ezekiel.)
Matt Riddle beats Otis in a Trick or Street Fight after Elias knees Gable off the apron and into a table before putting a jack-o'-lantern on Otis' head so Riddle can hit the RKO.
Backstage, Dakota Kai complains about their match with Alexa Bliss and Alexa and says they should be lucky Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, Iyo Sky) do not back down from a challenge. Iyo Sky says they will embarrass them, and Bayley tells them not to let Alexa and Asuka rile them up. She tells them that they have been overlooked and held back for too long and that they will beat Alexa and Asuka and become the last women standing by this time next week.
Mustafa Ali beats The Miz after Dexter Lumis grabs The Miz - then gets chased through the crowd by security - as Miz tosses Ali around at the announce table.
Byron Saxton hosts a 60 Minutes-style investigation regarding the true story of Dexter Lumis and The Miz as well as the interview with Johnny Gargano. Johnny Gargano says he has known Dexter for years, and while Dexter has his quirks, Dexter is just trying to make it. He talks about how Dexter married into "his NXT family," which he says fell apart after Dexter got released and fell on hard times. He says this affected Dexter Lumis' psyche and that The Miz took advantage of this. Gargano says that when he returned to WWE, he recorded a conversation between Dexter Lumis and The Miz, where The Miz is paying Dexter Lumis to beat him up. Gargano says The Miz paid Dexter Lumis to stage attacks on him because he wanted to bring attention to himself and wanted a celebrity stalker. He mentions Lumis did not attack each other at first and that Miz was a terrible actor. Miz says that to keep the blame off himself, he had Lumis attack him after his United States title match with Bobby Lashley. He then says Miz soon stopped paying Lumis and that Lumis is now coming after Miz until he gets what he is owed.
It is announced that Bray Wyatt will be at Crown Jewel this Saturday.
Alexa Bliss and Asuka beat Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky) to become the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions! During the match, Bayley distracts the referee as Asuka is about to win by submission, and Bianca Belair goes after Bayley and the two women brawl until Bayley puts Bianca through two tables with a Bayley-to-Belly on the outside. After this goes on, Damage CTRL try to retain, but Alexa Bliss and Asuka rae able to get the upper hand and win the titles.
This week on Raw Talk: The O.C. ("The Phenomenal" AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson)! The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damien Priest, Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio)! The Miz!
Here are the top ten moments from tonight's show!
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